Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
замкнуть на себе
English translation:
To take (something) upon oneself
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Clive Wilshin
Dec 16, 2010 14:56
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Russian term
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, French to English
замкнуть на себе
Russian to English
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«Что плохого в том, что А. Ракова замкнула на себе какие-то вопросы? – возражает депутат Мосгордумы Антон Палеев. – Она не подвешивает вопросы в воздухе, а решает их.
I understand what the meaning is, but can't think of a good translation.
I understand what the meaning is, but can't think of a good translation.
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10 mins
Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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417
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To take (something) upon oneself
What's wrong with A. Rakova taking certain matters upon herself? She doesn't let these matters hang in the air, she gets on and deals with them!
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Comment: "A simple and elegant solution. Thanks, Jack!"
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4 mins
Alexander Onishko
Native in Russian
Veni Vidi Vici
Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
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47
8 mins
hold out on
"hold out on * issues"
— http://goo.gl/SFlvk
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hold out
Withhold cooperation, agreement, or information, as in We've asked for a better deal, but they've been holding out for months. It is also put as hold out on, as in They were still holding out on some of the provisions, or He's not telling us what happened; he's holding out on us.
— http://idioms.yourdictionary.com/hold-out
— http://goo.gl/SFlvk
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hold out
Withhold cooperation, agreement, or information, as in We've asked for a better deal, but they've been holding out for months. It is also put as hold out on, as in They were still holding out on some of the provisions, or He's not telling us what happened; he's holding out on us.
— http://idioms.yourdictionary.com/hold-out
46 mins
Yuri Larin
Ukraine
Ukraine
Native in Russian
Ukraine
Quality Translations for Quality Clients
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English to Ukrainian, and 6 more.
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24
take (keep)(matters)under personal control/at smb's sole discretion/under smb's exclusive authority
It can imply both a positive or negative quality. You could use it talking about "a control freak" or a person who likes to play the boss and call the shots but it can also be used talking about a hard worker, who does the work (unsupervised, unaided) from start to finish, who delivers a complete project, etc .
1 hr
tschingite
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
Russian Federation
Treu dem Job & ergeben der Fremdsprache
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) , Tatar
Works in: German to Russian, English to Russian, Russian to German, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
steal the spotlight
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1 hr
Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
&
English
Russian Federation
proficient translation
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
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31
grabbed the reins
She took control over major decisions. All questions are brought to her.
4 hrs
take charge of
Definitions of
"to take charge (of)"
in online dictionaries:
to take full responsibility for the completion of a task, activity or project
http://www.moneyglossary.com/?w=Take Charge Of
to take responsibility for an activity
to guide the activity
http://dictionaryofmanagementjargon.yolasite.com/
to begin to control, organize etc
to take into one's care
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/takes charge
to take (over) control of someone or something
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/takes charge
Assume control, command, or responsibility
http://idioms.yourdictionary.com/take-charge
All of these are exactly equivalent to
замкнуть на себе
Note:
It's obvious that slang expressions containing verbs like "grab" or "steal" are inappropriate in the context
"Что плохого в том, что А. Ракова замкнула на себе какие-то вопросы?"
can be translated this way:
"What's wrong if A. Rakova took chage of certain issues?"
"to take charge (of)"
in online dictionaries:
to take full responsibility for the completion of a task, activity or project
http://www.moneyglossary.com/?w=Take Charge Of
to take responsibility for an activity
to guide the activity
http://dictionaryofmanagementjargon.yolasite.com/
to begin to control, organize etc
to take into one's care
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/takes charge
to take (over) control of someone or something
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/takes charge
Assume control, command, or responsibility
http://idioms.yourdictionary.com/take-charge
All of these are exactly equivalent to
замкнуть на себе
Note:
It's obvious that slang expressions containing verbs like "grab" or "steal" are inappropriate in the context
"Что плохого в том, что А. Ракова замкнула на себе какие-то вопросы?"
can be translated this way:
"What's wrong if A. Rakova took chage of certain issues?"
5 hrs
Judith Hehir
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Related KudoZ points
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78
keep (certain questions/issues) to oneself
Compare: keep things to oneself:
http://www.google.com/search?q=keep things to oneself&ie=ut...
There are certain mysteries, which I will not reveal, involving secrets Odile keeps from Yvan and those he keeps from her, and certain questions about how...
http://books.google.com/books?id=w25yDt1v9XkC&pg=PA663&lpg=P...
http://www.google.com/search?q=keep things to oneself&ie=ut...
There are certain mysteries, which I will not reveal, involving secrets Odile keeps from Yvan and those he keeps from her, and certain questions about how...
http://books.google.com/books?id=w25yDt1v9XkC&pg=PA663&lpg=P...
9 hrs
To take over
A common usage example from recent press:
*Is Pandora taking over our Christmas carols?*
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20025927-261.html
*Is Pandora taking over our Christmas carols?*
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20025927-261.html
Example sentence:
What's wrong with A. Rakova taking over certain issues?
Reference:
Reference comments
5 hrs
Jurate Kazlauskaite
Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania
Experienced translator: Medicine/Pharma
Native in: Lithuanian
Works in: English to Lithuanian, Lithuanian to English, Russian to Lithuanian
Reference:
"is seclusive about" or "keeps .. in seclusion"
Sorry, I have no information.
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Other possibilities might be "reticent" or "reserved".
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Note added at 5 hrs (2010-12-16 20:22:01 GMT)
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Other possibilities might be "reticent" or "reserved".
Example sentence:
Please see the web references
Reference:
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